Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-06-17

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The meeting was the most harmon
monious ever held in Whatcom.
Everybody was in good spirits.
The scheme of changing ships into
barks Is at present prevalent in this
port. says the Tacoma News. The
Canada is now being remodeled. The
ship Shirley will be made into bark
on her arrival here, and the spars are
being gotten out by Tacoma mill car
penters to remodel the ship Melro~e,
making a bark Of her 1t is expected,
however, that the change will not be
made until after the arrival of the YES
sci at her destination in San Pedro.
Ship captains say that they prefer
banks in the coasting trade on account
OF the greater facility with which they
can be handled in beating" in inside
waters; they are less top heavy, and
can also be worked considerably cheap
er than ships, as they take less run
ming gear, sails and spars, and also
two less men.
Abraham Ward of Battle Ground,
was accidentally shot and killed by
Frank Turnbull, Tuesday of last week,
on Lewis river, in Clarke county, near
Nelson's farm. The dogs ran a large
deer into the river near where Mr..
Ward was watching, which ne instant
ly killed. The current of the stream
being very strong at that point, the
body of the animal was borne RAPIDLY
down stream toward the point where
Turnbull WAS watching, followed along
the bank by Mr.. Ward in the hope OF
securing it. Turnbull, who was pro-
vided with a double-barrel shot gun
heavily loaded with powder and buck
shot, hearing the firing above and the
barking of the dogs as they came
down on the opposite bank, started up
the stream toward Mr.. Ward, and
when about twenty feet from him, in
passing over some large and slippery
rocks fell forward throwing his gun
from his shoulder which struck upon
the rocks in front of him, dis
charging it, instantly killing Ward,
who fell forward upon his gun, pene-
trated in the right side, shoulder, thigh,
arm and hip, by sixteen shot most of
which passed entirely through to the
opposite side.
Good authorities on steamboat mat
tiers assert that this summer will wit
ness a bitter steamboat war on Puget
Sound. The Washington Steamboat
Company has perfected plans for do
ing the business of the Northern Paci-
fic railroad when traffic operations ac-
lively begin over the Cascade noun
tains. The Oregon Railway and Nayi-
CATION Company has hitherto held the
Northern Pacific trade, and the trans
fer of the business to the Washington
Company will create hostility that can
only result in cutting of rates. The
Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.,
is making an attempt to run the pri-
vate steamer Fleetwood off the Sound.
To effect this the company will bring
fast boat from Portland to run be-
tween Seattle and Tacoma, and will
place another boat on the Olympia
route, with through 5O-cent tariff.
George S. Jacobs, prominent steam
boat man, says the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company contemplate
putting half dozen of their Column
bia river boats on various Puget Sound
routes, with low schedule of rates for
freight and passengers, in the hope of
maintaining the supremacy held in
the past.
John Carson's sawmill, the sash and
door factory of Carson & Johnson, the
office alongside and five dwellings oc-
cupied by mill hands, at Tacoma, were
Tuesday evening about 6 o'clock de-
stroyed by fire, which caught in the
shavings alongside the furnace in the
mill. There were no appliances on
the ground for subduing the flames
and men stood by in helpless despair
and saw one of Tacoma's important in
dustries 60 up in smoke and flames.
An alarm was sounded from the big
bell and the fire department responded,
but found that they could do nothing,
as the water mains do not extend to
the mill. The total loss is about 1925, :
600. The only insurance was 5000
on the mill property. The size of the
main structure destroyed was 12Ox4O
feet, two stories i'll height. The sash
and door factory, which was operated
by Carson & Johnson under the firm
name of the Talok Manufacturing Com
pany, occupied the upper story. The
mill was erected in the fall of 1882,
and had capacity of $4,000 feet per
day. About 100000 feet of lumber
was saved, also the household effects
of the workmen whose cottages were
burned. 1t is not yet known for. GER
tain whether or not the mill win be
rebuilt, but it is thought that it will
not be, as the timber in the immed-
late vicinity is about all used up.